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Outreach Director

Jonathan Hettrick

 

Jon began his career working with special needs children through inpatient psychiatric care and therapeutic foster care.  Over 14 years he developed a deep understanding of the importance of education and support that comes from a close-knit community.  He believes that the best way for any individual to achieve success is to surround themselves with a community of people who believe in that common goal. Through recruiting, licensing, and training foster parents, Jon honed his skills as a community developer.
 
In 2002 Jon became the Alumni Relations Director at Warren Wilson College, where he earned his BA in Psychology in 1988.  Being able to make connections and to strengthen relationships on a larger scale was always exciting. “I loved collecting and retelling stories that interconnected with others who have been a part of WWC’s history.”

Jon is excited to bring aspects of both of these experiences to the position of Outreach Director for the Literacy Council.  The stories that are shared from both the tutor and the student perspective continue to build on the notion that success is made through strong supportive relationships.  Tutors and students alike report how rewarding this relationship can be.  Jon is thankful to be a part of this dedicated organization that is making profound differences in individuals’ lives on a daily basis through fostering literacy in our larger community.
 
Jon and his wife Allyson are members of the Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church where they both enjoy singing in the choir.  Jon has become an experienced roadie by keeping up with their daughter Rebecca who plays violin in the Asheville Buncombe Youth Orchestra and clarinet in the Owen High School band.  When time permits, Jon enjoys playing on his lathe in his wood shop making functional art and one-of-a-kind keepsakes. He is a member of the Carolina Mountain Woodturners and the American Association of Woodturners.

 

The Book

By Fred Chappell

Poet Laureate Emeritus of North Carolina

 

It waits as patiently as a forest trail

To take you to a place you must have heard about,

Quiet and exciting, a glade to be alone in,

With those who came before.

At first the journey is one slow letter at a time,

But sooner than you thought, you clip along,

Your pace growing smarter with each step.

 

You never arrive at an end

Because you never want to,

And a thousand other trails lead off from this one path,

Mysterious, inviting, alive with shadowy light.

 

The book will go with you as far as you desire.

And if you like, I will come with you.